Warner College of Natural Resources Commencement

December 17, 2022

Order of Ceremony

Processional ¹ – Big Thompson Brass

National Anthem ² – Ms. Mykayla Fitzpatrick

Introduction of Platform Party – Associate Dean Monique Rocca

Commencement Address – Mr. Edward M. Warner

Recognition of Honors Program Graduates and Honorary Society Initiates –Emily Morgan

Conferring of Degrees – Dr. Jan Nerger

Awarding of Diplomas – Dean A. Alonso Aguirre, Mr. Rocky Coleman, and Department Representatives

Graduating Senior Address – Ms. Clare Ryan

Closing Remarks – Dean Aguirre

Alma Mater ² – Ms. Fitzpatrick

Recessional – Big Thompson Brass

On the Platform

Dr. Janice Nerger, Interim Provost and Executive Vice President

Greg Luft, Interim Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Mr. Brendan Hanlon, Vice President for University Operations/Chief Financial Officer

Dr. A. Alonso Aguirre, Dean, Warner College of Natural Resources

Dr. Monique Rocca, Associate Dean, Warner College of Natural Resources

Ms. Clare Ryan, Graduating Senior, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

Mr. Rob Novak, Alumnus, Warner College of Natural Resources

Emily Morgan, Interim Director, University Honors Program

Dr. Troy Ocheltree, Associate Professor, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship

Dr. Brett Bruyere, Professor, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

Dr. Rich Conant, Head, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability

Dr. Rick Aster, Head, Department of Geosciences

Dr. Kathryn Stoner, Head, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

Mr. Rocky Coleman, Master Instructor Emeritus

Dr. Rickey Frierson, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Warner College of Natural Resources

Dr. John Sanderson, Director, Center for Collaborative Conservation

Dr. John Moore, Director, Natural Resource Ecology Lab

Dr. Kevin Crooks, Director, Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence

Marshals

Ms. Ann Randall, Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

Mr. Paul Layden, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

Dr. Wilfred Previant, Forest and Rangeland Stewardship

Dr. Steven Fassnacht, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability

Dr. Jerry Magloughlin, Geosciences

The Mace

The mace, originally a weapon of offense, has long been the insignia of authority. The mace carried in today’s ceremony was presented to Colorado State University by the College of Natural Resources in 1981. The three-and-half-foot black walnut staff, surmounted by a carved rams head, is embellished in silver with the emblems of Colorado State University and the State of Colorado.

Mr. Edward M. Warner, Commencement Speaker

Ed Warner is known for his outstanding volunteer, conservation, and philanthropic work. He received his B.S. in geosciences from Colorado State University in 1968 before earning his M.S. in geology from University of California in Los Angeles in 1971. In 2011 he also received a degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, from CSU.
In his career as an exploration geologist he discovered and participated in development of the Jonah Field and the first commercial exploitation of the Pinedale Field. Jonah and Pinedale combined are the third largest gas accumulation discovered within the continental U.S.

In 2005, Warner endowed CSU’s College of Natural Resources, which responded by naming the college the Warner College of Natural Resources. His gift established endowed chairs in Economic Geology and Geophysics, funded teaching assistantships, and created the Center of Collaborative Conservation. His donation was the largest gift in CSU’s history at the time, and remains one of the largest still today.

He is a Director of the Sand County Foundation, Director of the Explorers Foundation, past director of the Geological Society of America Foundation, a trustee of the American Geological Institute Foundation, and Board of Trustee member for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Warner has received Public Service Awards from the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

¹ Audience will stand

² Audience may remain seated